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Notes on the History of Mere. 



"H. S. E. Edoardus Garrard, Edoardi Garrard 

 de Novo Sarum in com. Wilts, armigeri 

 films natu maximus 

 In academia Oxon A. M. 

 ecclesise hujus verus (sub Xto) pastor 

 cujus vocem errabundse hie loci oves 



agnoscentes illico redierunt 

 Adversse diu valetudinis ponderibus 

 oppressus 



altius surrexit altiusque usque in ccelum 

 terris vafcdixit 

 Martii 



die 3tio anno nativitatis Dom'i 169* suse 3* " 



In the south aisle of the choir of Salisbury Cathedral are the 

 gravestones of his father, mother, and step-mother, with inscriptions 

 in Latin, of which we give the translations : — . 



No. 1. " Here was buried, Edward Garrard, of the city of New Sarum, 

 gentleman, of the family of Baronets, of that Name, in Co. Herts, who married 

 the two beloved wives, lying on each hand of him. 



" Satiated with the riches of this deceitful world, he rests here expecting the 

 Treasures of Heaven. He died 5 March, 1712, aged 73." 



No. 2. " Here was buried, Elizabeth Garrard, wife of Edward Garrard, of 

 this City, Gent., and daughter of Thomas Gardiner, of the same, Gent., whom, 

 being consumed by wasting disease, which no medicine could reach, Death 

 snatched away from her sufferings, to eternal salvation, July 20, 1680." 



No. 3. Here was buried, Florentia Garrard, second wife of Edward Garrard, 

 of this city, Esq., and daughter of Thomas Bennet, of Norton, in this county, 

 Esq. Her soul, pious among the first, at length freed from a body exhausted 

 with pain, flew to eternal salvation, 12 Aug., 1705, aged 67." 



Other inscriptions, to members of this family, are in St. Thomas's 

 Church, Salisbury. 



John Hardcastle 



held the benefice from 1695 to 1734. His burial is recorded in the 

 parish register : — 



"August y e 13th, 1734, Mr. John Hardcastle, Vicar, was buried." 



There is no memorial to mark the place of his interment. The 

 south aisle of the Church, which had become in a ruinous state, was 

 restored during his incumbency. Two medallions inserted in the 



